Sorry I haven't updated in a while, but I hope this chapter will make up for it!

Yes, I am putting an OC u put in (but I'm changing his name to Akuma), and he is going to have one of those minor-god cards, so will he lose or will the good guy he's dueling be gone?

Okay, sometimes I will change the effect of a card a little bit. I am doing so in this duel (although I'm not telling u which card) so don't point out in a review that I use an effect incorrectly, because I am most probably aware of it.

Oh, and this is my longest chapter so far. Yay!

Don't forget to review!

EDIT (7/18): Unbolded the title to make the formal of all the titles the same.

A Demonic Duel

Jaden, Bastion, Alexis, Zane, Chumley, Syrus, Kaito, Chazz, and Masato (man that's annoying) walked out of the cafeteria. Everyone was laughing, except for Chazz, who was frowning. "Lighten up Chazz," Jaden said. "It was just a small prank."

"That was not a small prank!" Chazz yelled.

"Hey, Chazz, I think you still have some olive in your hair!" Alexis joked as he brushed an imaginary olive out of Chazz's overgrown hair.

"I'm am so going to get back at you guys!" Chazz vowed.

"Yeah, right," Masato laughed. "Like you'll ever think of a prank better than that one!"

"Masato!" Someone said.

Masato stopped laughing and looked at who had called his name. He was a boy in Slifer-about a head shorter than Masato-who had blue eyes and short, dirty blonde hair, except his bangs which barely covered the top of his eyes.

"I challenge you to a duel!" he said. "I'm gonna become the best duelist in the school, and to do that I gotta defeat you!"

"Okay," Masato said. "I'm always up for a challenge. Where and when are we going to duel?"

The boy thought for a moment, and then said, "In front of the Obelisk dorm! I want all the Obelisks to see me when I beat you! Meet me there in 10 minutes!"

"Okay," Masato said as he started to walk to his dorm. Masato went to his dorm to get his duel disk and revise his deck a little bit, and then went to the Obelisk blue dorm. Everyone else had gone there already, except for Alexis, Chumley, Zane, and Chazz (Chazz was too grumpy, and Chumley, Alexis and Zane were going to tease Chazz more about the prank). Along with the normal crew (except Alexis, Chumley, Zane, and Chazz) there was a small crowd of Obelisks, ready to watch the duel. The boy was standing there, impatiently tapping his foot.

"Finally, there you are!" he said arrogantly. "Let's duel!" His duel disk immediately turned on.

"Okay, okay. No need to rush," Masato said calmly as he turned on his duel disk and drew his five cards. "Now, since you are going to be the best duelist in the school, can I at least know your name?"

"It's Akuma, and don't you forget it!" Akuma said. "And since I'm the challenger, I'll go first! I will just set a monster, that's it. Make your move."

Masato: 4000; Akuma: 4000

"Hmm…' Masato pondered as he drew his card. "I will also set a monster, but I will also set a magic/trap. Your' go."

The boy smiled as he looked at the card he had drawn. Well, he thought. My face-down Brain Jacker (200/900) won't work because his monster is face-down, but at least I can summon this. "Meet one of my favorite monsters! By tributing my face-down Brain Jacker, I can summon The End of Anubis (2500/0), one of my favorite monsters! And now all effects that designate a card in the graveyard are negated, too!" The giant, hulking blue fiend rose out of the ground and roared. "Now, pulverize his face-down card!"

"Not so fast! I activate A Fient Plan, preventing you from attacking any face-down cards this turn!" Masato declared. Anubis roared and sent out a giant blue stream of energy, but Masato's face-down card multiplied into more cards, and Anubis only destroyed a copy.

"I'll end my turn," Akuma growled.

"Okay," Masato said after he drew his card. "First, I'll summon my Swarm of Scarabs (500/1000), and its special ability will destroy your Anubis! So much for your favorite card. And not, attack Akuma directly!" A giant horde of scarabs rained from the sky and fell on The End of Anubis, and almost immediately destroyed it. Then the swarm covered Akuma. "I will now use its special ability to switch it into face-down defense." The swarm receded away into nothing, and a face-down card appeared in front of Masato.

Masato: 4000; Akuma: 3500

"I now activate the continuous spell Stumbling, which will force all monsters to change to defense mode when they are summoned. I'll also set a monster, and end my turn."

"Hey, Jaden," Syrus asked. "Isn't that the strategy Masato used on you?"

"Yeah, it is." Jaden said. "And Masato is also probably going to pull out more combos soon. Akuma is going to be in trouble unless he can find a way to get around swarm of scarabs or stumbling, he will be in a lot of trouble."

"My draw," Akuma declared. "I will just set a monster and a magic/trap card. Your turn." Well, now I'll end this combo, he thought. When his scarabs destroys my face-down Malice Doll of Demise (1600/1700) my Michizure will destroy his scarabs!"

Masato smiled after he drew. "You were probably hoping to use that magic or trap card to help you, weren't you?" he asked. Akuma took a step back, astonished Masato could have deduced his plan. "Well, it won't work, thanks to my other face-down monster, Swarm of Locusts (1000/500)! You see, when I flip summon them, instead of destroy a monster, they destroy a magic or trap card. I'll flip summon swarm of scarabs to destroy your face-down monster, then I'll switch my monsters into face-down defense and end my turn." The bug horde dropped out of the sky, destroying Akuma's two cards, and then receded away.

Perfect, just the card I need, Akuma thought as he drew his card. "I summon Magnetic Fiend (1500/1700) in defense mode, and then I end my turn!" A fiend-who looked similar to Slate Warrior except it was completely black-appeared on the field. Masato thought he could see a faint circular outline around the monster; he wondered what that was.

He must be planning something with that monster, Masato thought as he drew his card. Otherwise he wouldn't have just summoned it defenseless knowing my scarabs would destroy it. "I flip summon my Swarm of Scarabs to destroy your Magnetic Fiend!" Masato declared.

"I don't think so," Akuma said. The bugs dropped from the sky, but an invisible force propelled them away from Akuma's monster before they could destroy it. "My fiend negates any monster or trap effect that specifically targets him, so your monster won't work."

"Fine. I will switch my scarabs back into face-down defense, and then I will set a monster and a magic/trap. It is your turn again."

Akuma drew his card. "I will summon Opticlops (1800/1700) to the field in defense mode! Now, Magnetic Fiend, attack his swarm of scarabs, which is the monster all the way on the right!" As a tannish monster appeared on the field, the Magnetic Fiend let out a surge of energy at Masato's swarm of scarabs.

"Activate trap!" Masato said quickly. "Shifting shadows! This will allow me to shuffle my face-down monsters once per turn, during your turn!" Masato's three face-down cards shuffled on the field and when Magnetic Fiend's attack target was revealed, it was Cyber Jar (900/900). "Okay, now Cyber Jar, do your thing!" Cyber Jar opened its mouth and absorbed Magnetic Fiend's attack. It then exploded, clearing the field of monsters. "Now we each pick up five cards from your deck, show them to each other, and special summon all level four or lower monsters!" Masato picked up The Unhappy Maiden (0/100), Level Limit – Area B, Card Destruction, Helpoemer (2000/1400), and Negate attack, and summoned The Unhappy Maiden in face-down defense. Akuma picked up The Puppet of the Dark Master, Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500), Dark Sword of Destruction, Archfiend Soldier, and a strange spell card Masato had never seen before. Akuma summoned both of his soldiers in face-up attack.

By this time a substantial group of Obelisks (along with a few Ras and Slifers) to watch the duel.

"Now I activate my Magnetic Fiend's other ability! When he's destroyed by a card effect I can destroy a spell or trap on your fiend, and I choose stumbling, so now my soldiers will remain in attack!" The gruesome soldiers materialized on the field and drew their swords. "Now, my first Archfiend Soldier, attack his pitiful monster!" The redhead was immediately destroyed.

"Ha!" Masato laughed. "You activated her special ability. Now your battle phase ends!"

"Fine, fine." Akuma said. It doesn't matter. For now I activate my spell card, the Malignance of Slifer!" Akuma slid the spell card Masato didn't recognize into his duel disk. A shadow game…Masato thought as a purple sphere began to engulf them. They both heard shouts coming from the outside wondering what was going on. "What's happening?" Akuma asked.

"You've unleashed a shadow game!" Masato cried as the sphere completely closed.

Outside the Shadows

"Oh no!" Syrus cried. "Akuma has unleashed a shadow game! Masato may be in the lead now, but he doesn't really have much to defend himself with! What if he loses?"

"Don't worry, Syrus," Kaito said. "Masato trusts his deck and knows his cards well. They won't fail him. He'll beat this punk."

"I hope you're right," Syrus said quietly.

Inside the Shadows

"Now the monsters are real, and whoever loses will lose their soul!"

"Oh…" Akuma said, letting the words sink in. "Well, it doesn't matter. You are going to lose, not me! Anyway, back to my spell card, it will boost all my dark monster's attack points by 300 for every dark monster on my field!" Both of Akuma's Archfiend Soldier's attacks rose to 2500. "I end my turn," Akuma said snugly.

He's acting cocky like when Bastion dueled that other guy, Masato observed. "Okay," Masato said. "I activate Card Destruction!" Both players discarded their old hands and drew new hands. "Now here is something to penetrate your darkness, Swords of Revealing Light!" Several bright swords came down upon Akuma's field, immobilizing Akuma's monsters. "I end my turn."

"I summon La Ginn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (1800+900/1000)!" Akuma said after he drew his card as Archfiend Soldier's attacks were raised to 2800 and La Ginn's was raised to 2700. "I set a magic/trap card and end my turn."

Masato drew a card, set a monster, and ended his turn.

Akuma drew his card, and then activated pot of greed to draw two more cards. "Perfect," he said. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, to destroy your swords! Now, La Ginn, attack his face-down monster!"

"Ha! That was my Morphing Jar #2 (800/700)! Now all of your monsters are returned to your deck. You then pick up cards until you've picked up the same amount of monsters you returned to your deck. You set all level four and lower monsters and send all other cards to the graveyard!"

Akuma shuffled his monsters into his deck and picked up cards. First he picked up an Archfiend soldier and set it. He then picked up a La Ginn and set that too. "What luck," he smirked. He then picked up a Bark of the Dark Ruler, and then a Graceful Charity, which he sent to the graveyard. Finally, he picked up Archfiend Soldier, and set it. "Wow, I got all my cards back! How lucky is that?" Now I activate the spell Fiend's Calling, allowing me to special summon two weak fiends from my deck, so I'll summon Aswan Apparition (500+600/500) and Mask of Darkness (900+600/400)! Then I activate Fiend's Rampage! By tributing all five of my fiends, I can force you to discard your hand and skip your next battle phase!"

Masato discarded his hand, and then declared, "You made me discard my Electric Snake (800/900), so now I can draw two cards from my deck!"

"It won't make a difference," Akuma said. "I will set a magic/trap card and end my turn."

I beg to differ, Masato thought as he drew his card. "I set a monster, but then I activate Book of Taiyou, which will allow me to flip summon my Needle Worm (750/600)! Now the top five cards of your deck immediately go to the grave!" Akuma growled as he did this. "Seeing I have nothing else to do, I will end my turn."

"Good," Akuma said. Akuma began to laugh after he drew his card. "I activate the field spell, Small Tunnel!" A small, clear tube appeared between Masato and Akuma. "Now I summon Yata-Garau (200+300/100) in attack mode!" The purple raven appeared on the field. "Now, I can activate the effect of my tube; because my Yata-Garasu has only 500 attack points, he can attack you directly! Now do so!" The raven flew threw the tube and then pecked at Masato, scratching his face.

Masato: 3500; Akuma: 3500

"And now," Akuma explained. "Because he damaged you, you will skip your next draw phase. And I know that my Yata-Garasu is a spirit monster, so he will leave the field when I end my turn and I will be open for an attack, but don't worry! My Malignance of Slifer has another effect! By discarding two dark monsters from my hand, I can negate your next two attacks! So now you can't attack and you've only got two cards! And there is no card in your hand that can save you! You have been yata-locked; you have lost the duel! I set a magic/trap card, and now I end my turn, so why don't you just forfeit!"

Masato began to laugh. "Do you honestly think that not being able to draw from your deck, or not being able to attack will stop me from winning? If you haven't noticed, I have only attacked you once this duel; offense is not my strategy!"

"I haven't really seen a strategy in your deck," Akuma said. "Sure, you have been lasting and it has been annoying, but there doesn't seem to be a main theme! It is pathetic! I can't believe you are the top duelist at our school; it makes me ashamed to think that a loser like you is #1!"

"Well," Masato said slyly. "You are about to see my strategy! Now I shall win this duel, and trust me, there isn't a card you have that can save yourself!"

"There can't be a card that you have that will save you," Akuma said bluntly.

"I bet to differ. I summon the monster Tsukuyomi (1100/1400)! She will allow me to switch my Needle Worm back into face-down defense, but I'll flip summon him again, to send the next top five cards of your deck to the graveyard!"

Akuma laughed. "Do you really think that will stop me? Five cards? You are yata-locked, and once your Tsukuyomi returns to your hand, I will easily be able to destroy it! That didn't help you at all! I am still going to win this duel!"

"Alright then, why don't you prove it? I end my turn," Masato said as Tsukuyomi returned to his hand.

"Okay then, I will!" Akuma laughed as he tried to draw a card, but couldn't. He tried again, and again failed. He then looked to see what the problem was and gasped in horror; he didn't have any cards in his deck left!

"I have depleted your deck, and therefore, I win!" Masato said. The shadows began closing in on Akuma.

"What? No!" Akuma shouted, beginning to feel dizzy. "Activate spell-" but the shadows had left Masato, and he could not hear what Akuma had activated. He was in front of the Obelisk dorm. The crowd had gotten a little smaller. "Masato!" he heard Syrus call out. He then saw the small sphere of shadows where Akuma was. But then part of the sphere cracked and a bright light came out, and then another crack appeared, and another. Then the entire thing collapsed; revealing Akuma laying on the grass, duel disk still attached to his wrist.

Masato ran over to Akuma's side, about to check his vital signs. Before he could though, Akuma softly mumbled, "Good… game…" Masato quickly realized that somehow he was still alive. "Quick!" Masato shouted. "Get him to the infirmary! He needs medical attention!" A group of four Obelisks immediately stepped out of the crowd and carried the Slifer.

Masato went over to Jaden and Bastion and… (you guys know who they are). "He is still alive…" Masato said quietly.

"What do you mean?" Kaito asked. "He lost a shadow game!"

"I know but… he talked to me…" Masato said.

Later at the Infirmary

Masato sat next to Akuma, who was lying unconscious on a bed. Masato was deep in thought. How did he survive? He barely survived, but his soul wasn't lost! How is this possible? If only we could find out how he did that, then maybe we would stand more of a chance… Masato gazed at the sunset in the window. He quietly got up from the bench and departed.

Imaginary Cards:

Magnetic Fiend; Fiend/Dark/4/1500/700; Negate any monster or trap effect that targets this card. When this card is destroyed by a card effect you may destroy one magic/trap card on your opponent's side of the field.

Small Tunnel; Field spell; Monsters with 500 or less attack may attack players directly.

Fiend's Calling; Spell; Special summon level 3 and lower fiends from your deck to your field until you do not have any open monster spaces on your field.

Fiend's Rampage; Spell; Tribute 5 fiend-type monsters on your side of the field. Your opponent discards his/her entire hand. Skip your opponent's next battle phase.

Okay, hoped u liked! Also, if you give Akuma a 40 card deck, you can go through the duel and see that he runs out of exactly 0 cards, right on the spot (at least I think he should)! It took a lot of planning and trial and error to do that. Well, anyway, now that you're done…. REVIEW and/or ADD TO FAVORITES! Well, more to come soon! Also, post some deck types u would like to see, or post an OC u would like in the fanfic (post name, appearance, dorm, deck type, signature cards, and personality, and I'll see what I can do). Well, uh… I can't really thinking of a good concluding sentence, so I'll just reiterate: REVIEW!

If I have any typos or anything, also please let me know! (didn't state the ATK/DEF of a card, forget to give the meaning of an imaginary card, etc.)