Sdrive: Ok, I'm back. Sorry haven't been updating a lot. Ok, I still need Characters and decks. Please help me with that. Ok, I'll talk to you later because I'm going to write now. Talk later.

Disclaimer: Urg. Need I say it.

Lawers: Yes.

Sdrive: fine, deep breath I don't own it.

Sdrive: P.S. I am Referring to ScapeGoat as Sleepy Sheep. That's what Yamato used to call it and it just kinda stuck to me.

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Sdrive woke up at around 9:00. He looked around the room. When he looked at the clock he was surprised. He normally woke up at around 5:30 in the morning. He decided to take a shower and got dressed. He decided on his light blue shirt, his jeans, his bandana, and his red jacket. He grabbed his deck and duel disk and left the room. He was about to knock on the room where Mina was sleeping but then thought better of it. He headed down the hall and walked down the steps. He was about to leave the building when he noticed a small notice "Attention Duelists. Your host Sayora will have an announcement to make at 2:30 pm today regarding important issues and rules. All duelists are required to attend."

'Hmph. I'm surprised she has the courage to face the wrath of the people who have lost friends.' Sdrive thought to himself. He decided he didn't feel like leaving. He walked down the hall until he noticed the familiar smell that could only be a... "Pool" Sdrive had always loved to swim. It was one of his greatest passions. He decided to go check out how big it was. He went into the poolroom and noticed it was a pretty good-sized pool. He was about to leave when he heard his name being called. He looked to the right and noticed Mina and Alice in the Jacuzzi. "Aren't you girls a bit young to be in there?" Sdrive asked with a smile.

"They don't care," Mina said. "They actually recomend it."

"Yeah they say it helps relieve the stress of dueling," Alice said.

"I didn't know you had dueled." Sdrive said.

"Yeah I won two cards. One was a Red Eyes Black Dragon and the other was a strange card. It's called the Big Koala. It wasn't that rare but it was the best I could get because they were not invited."

"I see. So what have you two been talking about?"

"Girl stuff."

"Figures."

"Did you want me to come with you when you go to the hospital?" Mina asked him.

"Yeah, I was going to knock on your door but I wasn't sure if you were awake or not."

"Yeah I was awake. I figured you might sleep for a while seeing as how you had so many duels yesterday.

"Yeah"

"Did you see the notice?" Alice asked him.

"Yeah," he said.

They all started laughing at their stupidness, sang the fun song, and then decided to leave. Mina went to go shower and change. Alice went to go shower and change as well. Sdrive went to the breakfast place and got some oatmeal. He sat down at a table and was about to start eating when he saw Yugi, Yamato, and Tristan. They were all drinking Tea. Sdrive went to sit down with them. He asked where Ryou was.

"He went off to find a duel or two." Yamato said. "Said something about wanting to get out early before too many competitors headed out."

"Interesting. Well, I'm going to leave pretty soon."

"Are you feeling better Sdrive?" Yugi asked him.

"I'm talking to you all aren't I?"

"Well, Yeah."

"Ok then."

Peace, Joey, and Stephanie then came down. "Hey guys." Peace said.

"Good morning everyone."

Just then Mina and Alice came down at that moment. "Ready to go Sdrive?" Mina asked him.

"Joey don't you think you should get out there and duel." Yugi asked him. You haven't dueled once yet."

"I suppose you're right. Bye the way, where are you two going anyway" Joey asked refering to Mina's previous comment.

"Out," Sdrive responded.

"When will you be back?" Peace asked.

"Later," Mina said.

"What will you be doing?" Joey asked.

"Stuff," Sdrive said.

"Whatever. I'm gonna go out there and win a duel."

"Yeah, and Mina and I had better get going too." And with that Sdrive and Mina went out and not long after Joey went too.

Just then Nari came down. "Hey Have you guy's seen my sister?" She asked.

"Her and Sdrive left to go somewhere." Yamato told her.

"Oh ok. Well I just wanted to see her to wish her luck today. Any way I'm gonna go look for some duels."

"Sayora is holding a meeting at 2:30 today for all duelists." Yamato told her. "Just thought you should be aware of that."

"Ok thanks." And with that Nari left. Alice left a minute after that. That left Tristan, Yugi and Yamato.

"I'm going out. I want to see what Sdrive is up to," Yamato said.

"Ok see you later," Yugi said.

"Yeah sure." And with that Yamato left.

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It was a pretty dark and depressing day. It looked like it might even rain. Joey was walking around looking for a challenge. Before he knew what happened there was a man standing right in front of him. "You there! I happen to know that you are Joey Wheeler. You're a friend of Yugi Moto. I have plans for you. As a Magic Seeker my master has demanded that I bring anyone associated with holders of the Sennen Items. I challenge you to a duel. If I win then you will have to come with me!"

"I won't lose, so I agree to your crazy scheme. My Rarest Card is tha Red Eyes Black Dragon!"

"So you wish to duel using the tournament rules. Fine, then I guess I will claim both you and your rare card. My Rarest cards are Spear Dragon, Serpent Night Dragon, and the card I started off with Toon World!"

"What!!! You have Toon World!!! I don't stand a chance."

You're right, however, the Toon rules you are probably thinking of are the rules when Maximilian Pegasus was making the rules for the game. Industrial Illusions agreed to release the Toon card series as long as modifications were made to them. You will learn as we go on, in case you cared, my name is Spike. Now, It's time to duel! The Two Duelists inserted their decks into the Duel Disk. The Duel Disk went into duel mode and the life points went up to 8000. "I'll go first." Spike drew his opening hand and then his beginning card. "I summon the Seven Colored Fish (1800/1000) in attack mode!" A fish with large fangs and the seven colors of the rainbow appeared. "Next I will lay a card under the table and that will end my turn."

"Alriiight! It's time to meet Joey Wheeler, Second Place Duelist at Duelist Kingdom and Battle City Finalist!" Joey looked at his opening hand and then drew his beginning card. 'I'm sure glad Yugi gave me back my Red Eyes, and even Mai helped me out a bit with my deck by giving me some cards on the plane. Right around when Sdrive and Mina went up into the upper deck. I wonder why they went up there anyway. Oh well' "I summon Harpies Brother in attack mode!" Joey called out. A male harpie appeared with stats that were higher than the original Harpie Lady. (1800/1000) "Next I'll lay two cards under the table and dat'll end my turn." 'Come on attack! I can't lose' Joey thought in his mind.

"Prepare to lose big time. I draw, and then I will activate this Magic Card. Toon Index!"

"What's that?" Joey asked never hearing of the card.

"It's a special card that allows me to search my deck for any card with Toon in its name. I choose the magical Toon World!"

"Ahh No!!!" Joey cried out.

"Now I play this magic card Raigeki! It will destroy your monster!" The Harpies Brother got zapped by a lightning bolt and blew to pieces. "Now that that is out of the way. I play Toon World! In order to use it I have to pay 1000 Life Points." (L.P. 7000) The Toon World book popped into the air with that stupid music and appeared on the field. "I now sacrifice my Seven Colored Fish in order to summon my Toon Black Magician Girl." The Black Magician Girl appeared. The Toon World book opened up and let out a haze of fog. The Black Magician Girl was sucked up into it. When she came out she was all Chibi and cute.

"I activate my Sleepy Sheep Magic Card." Joey called out as the card flipped up and four different colored sheep tokens appeared. "Ya have ta get through those sheep to get to ma life points."

"Let me give you the quick crash course of the Toon monsters. Toons can't attack the turn they are summoned. I have to pay 500 life points in order to attack with them. And they can attack directly. As long as you don't have a Toon on your side of the field."

"Those Toons are still nutty, even without the ability to hide in that blasted book" Joey said.

"I guess it's good for you that you get a free turn. I end my turn."

"I have to destroy that toon," Joey said.

"You need a strong monster. And not many monsters have 2000 or more attack points without sacrificing."

"'I can combine my Alligators sword with graceful dice. I would need a 5 to tie and a 6 to win' "Draw!" Joey pulled the Cyber Harpie from his deck. 'Awesome it's another one of Mai's cards. I have a better chance with Graceful Dice if I combine it with Cyber Harpie' "I play Cyber Harpie in attack mode." A Harpie Lady in armor appeared. (1800/1300). "Go Cyber Harpie! Attack the Toon Black Magician Girl! Cyber Slash!"

"You're a fool. My monster is stronger than your pitiful piece of filth." Spike said as he began to laugh.

"Laugh at THIS! I activate my quick-play Magic Card! Graceful Dice!" A chibi angel appeared holding a blue die. "My Cyber Harpie will gain x100 extra attack points for the number that is shown on the die."

"Your using cheap gambling techniques to win. How sad. Oh well. On any account. There is a die inside your Duel Disk. It will be bounced around inside of the Duel Disk. Whatever the die comes out to be in the Duel Disk is what you Graceful Dice will roll." The Duel Disk vibrated for a second and then it activated (with those little lights that normally come on when you play a card). The Chibi Angel threw the dice. It bounced on the ground a couple of times before coming to a stop (5).

"I got a 5 that means that my Cyber Harpie gains 500 attack and defense. So that means that it's attack power is..."

Suddenly a very familiar voice could be heard coming from behind Joey. "2300, and its defense is 1800"

Joey turned around to see Mai Valentine coming up to the duel. "Hi Mai."

"Hello Joey. I see your using the cards I gave you. Kick this guys butt."

"Right on! Cyber Harpie! Cyber Slash!" The Cyber Harpie went towards the Toon Black Magician Girl. It was about to slash it when it's claws got caught in a swirling vortex for a moment. The Cyber Harpie went back to Joey's side of the field. "HUH? What just happened?"

"I activated my Trap Card. Negate Attack. It ends your Battle Phase."

"Ahh No!!!"

"That's not good. At the end of the turn Cyber Harpie loses it's attack and defense again," Mai said.

"At least I will still have my sheep after he attacks my Harpie." Joey said.

"I can attack you directly don't you remember?" Spike asked him.

'Oh man I forgot about that.' Joey thought to himself. 'I'm trapped. He had that Trap just incase I could overcome the Toon' "Of course I knew. I was making sure you knew your own cards."

"Theirs a saying that fish that live in glass houses shouldn't tell lies to cats." Spike said to Joey.

"Huh? What fish? Why are you talking about fish and cats?"

"He means you're a bad liar." Mai said.

"Oh, well ok. Huh? Hey wait!" 'Man, I'm going to be hurting a lot. Hopefully my deck will see me through. I'll just have to take a hit.' "I have to end my turn."

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"So," Mina started. "What exactly DID Kelly say about her deck?"

"Well she said, uh, well. She just said her deck really. Actually she said "In my deck you'll find" and then she vanished. At first I didn't know what she meant but then I just thought that maybe she wanted me to search through her deck for something. But I know her deck extremely well. Unless I'm forgetting a card in it."

"Have you changed your deck since the last time you saw her?" Mina asked her.

"Definitely! Oh yeah! A LOT!!"

"Well maybe she changed hers a bit," Mina suggested.

"It's a possibility." Some one stared calling out to them but they didn't relaize it. "But she seemed, uh..."

"Yo, guy hanging with the girl!" the guy was calling.

"...Well, not urgent, but, sort of like she wanted me to go through it. Well that's what I can guess anyway. She wants me to see her deck. That much I know. Maybe it was a bit of worried ness? I'm not exactly sure. But on any account..."

By now the dude was trying to tapping him on the shoulder. "YO DUDE I'M TRYING TO TALK TO YOU!!!"

Sdrive and Mina turned around to see a kid in a tie die t-shirt, Hawaiian shorts, a shell necklace, wavy blonde hair, a tan, and a hint of annoyance on his face. "Are you ok?" Mina asked him.

"I've been trying to talk to you for like a minute now. But you didn't answer me."

"I'm sorry," Sdrive said. "I was to caught up in trying to sort out my thoughts."

"I challenge you to a duel. I have like three rare cards and..."

"I'm sorry I'm not dueling right now."

"What? Dude, why not? Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet have I? Hahahahahaha. So sorry Dude and Dudette. My names Nick."

"Nice to meet you Nick. I'm Mina."

"And I'm Sdrive."

Nick took Mina's hand and kissed it and he took Sdrive's hand and shook it. "Wow, what a gentleman," Mina said.

"As a pro surfer I learned to harmonize with my surroundings, the earth, the ocean, and the people I'm around. I'm like sorry if I looked a bit upset but you wouldn't answer me."

"I'm sorry. Like I said I had a lot on my mind."

"That's ok Dude. Now can you please tell me why you won't duel me?"

"I would really like to, I feel like it would be a great duel. But I need to go to the Hospital. I need to check up on someone."

Nick's expression went from happy to suddenly sad. "Dude I am like so sorry. This whole tournament is like a total bummer with like, everyone fainting. I know that the Harmony of this place is greatly disturbed. I'm not sure how I know but...It's like, I can feel it. Well, I'll let you go on to the hospital. Hey, just to let you know, there's a meeting at 2:30 today."

"We know. Thank you." Mina said sweetly.

"No problem." Nick again kissed Mina's hand and again shook Sdrive's hand. "Maybe we'll meet up again to duel."

"That would be cool," Sdrive said.

"All right! Well, Dude and Dudette I don't want to let you lose anymore time. See ya, and good luck."

"Take care," Mina said as she waved good by to him. "He was a really nice person."

"It does my heart good to see people who are here just for fun, and who aren't trying to take over the world."

"Amen to that."

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"I draw, and then I play Doppler Ganger, I can copy one of your cards. I copy Graceful Dice, and now I will activate it!" A rabbit type creature appeared. It turned into the weird chibi angle and rolled the die. There was some rumbling heard inside of Spikes Duel Disk. When it stopped they looked down and saw the number on the die. (6) "My Toon Dark Magician Girl is at 2600. I pay 500 life points to attack you directly!" The Toon Black Magician Girl winked. "HIYA!" She said as she Pointed her staff at Joey and let out a blast of pink magic. Joey fell to the ground. Both their life points changed.

Spike: 6500

Joey: 5400

"Oh man that really hurt," Joey said regaining his breath.

"And it's going to get a whole lot worse. Trust me. I end my turn by laying a monster on guard.

"Come on! Show this loser that Joey Wheeler is no pushover." Mai said.

"Yeah! All right you freak it's time to show you what I'm made of. Cyber Harpie attack the defender! Cyber Slash!" The Cyber Harpie went toward the face down card and slashed it. A dragon wearing armor appeared (700/800) and blew to pieces. "ALLRIGHT!!! That end's my...huh?" Another of the dragons (700/800) appeared on Spike's side of the field on guard. "What's da meaning of dis? I haven't technically ended my turn yet."

"You attacked the Troop Dragon and the Troop Dragon has a special effect. When it is destroyed I can search my deck and summon another from there."

'Oh man! I did exactly what he wanted me to do. I can't attack it again this turn.' "I end my turn."

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Sdrive and Mina were almost at the hospital. "Sdrive."

"Yes Mina?"

"How did you and Kelly get seperated in the first place?"

"I'm afraid I don't have time for that story right now. It brings back too many painful memories. I'll tell it at the end of the tournament."

"Alright, I'll hold ya to it."

By that time they had gotten to the hospital. They walked up the a weirdly dressed receptionest. Her hair was no one color, and her clothes were all outdated, yet they were good fashioned clothes. And she talked weird. "Hi my name is Amy and I would sure like to help youuuuu. I'm new heeeeeere. I just starteddd. Hoooow may I help youuuuu?"

"Uh, we are here to visit my friend," Sdrive said nervously.

"Right down theeeeeere," She said pointing to the hall.

"Uh, thanks," he said, and then he turned to Mina. "Lets get out of here." They ran down the hall, while Amy watched them smiling. "Have a nice dayyyyyy." Once they were out of sight she looked a bit more sinister. "Fools, hehehe." She then saw someone approching her. "Hi my name is Amy and I would sure like to help youuuuuu."

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"I guess it's my turn now. 'I can cause more damage if I don't play Manga Ryu Ran right now' Spike said to himself looking at his cards. "I play Goblins Attack Force!" An army of goblins holding spiky clubs appeared (2300/0) "Goblin Attack Force! Attack the Cyber Harpie!" A couple of the Goblins beat up the Cyber Harpie. The rest went on to attack Joey. His life points dropped down to 4900. Joey recieved many cuts and bruses and looked to be in bad shape. "Toon Black Magician Girl. DIRECT ATTACK!" The cute Toon fired a blast of magic at the ground. It bounced and went into the air. It came back down and bounced a few more times. Just as it was about to hit a sheep it did a 90 degree angle move and slammed right into Joey. Joey was screamed out as he was pushed backwards onto the ground due to the attack. His life points again dropped and so did Spikes for attacking with his Toon.

Spike: 6000

Joey: 2900

"My Goblins go on guard and then it's your turn."

Joey was looking pretty bad. "JOEY!!!" Mai called out.

"I'll be fine," Joey said standing up. He got to his feet and brushed himself off. "DRAW!" Joey said as he pulled his card. 'It's my baby dragon. If I could play my Baby Dragon along with my Time Wizard I could really do some damage. Gotta check my hand, nothing that can get rid of the sheep. Oh well.' "I summon Time Wizard in attack mode!" A robotic man with gears, a purplish, bluish, cape, and a small staff appeared. (500/400) "Go Time Wizard! Time Ruo..."

"Not so fast!" Spike called out.

"What now?!" Joey called out frustrated.

"you have to flip a coin. The other way was too random. You place the coin inside the little circular slot. The coin will appear spinning press the button to have it flip. If you call the coin right it works, if not...well you know what happens."

"How do I know your not just making this up?" Joey asked him.

"You could check the rule book if you don't beleive me. Just check under new effects." Spike said confidenly. Joey had the rule book with him so he pulled it out and read it. "Oh maaan. Fine! No matter, I'll just call it right this way." Suddenly Joey thought of something in his mind. It was a memory of Yamato telling the group that they should always call tails cause a coin is evil and knows that the person wants to call heads so it will always land on heads. 'Heh, as if I'm going to beleieve that,' Joey thought. "I call it heads!" Joey hit the button on the duel disk. The coin flipped in the air and landed. (Tails) "NOOOOO!!!!" In the back of his head he could hear Yamato chuckling and telling him he told him so."

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Sdrive and Mina got to Kelly's room. "Well we're here. Let's go in." They walked in. They searched for a while but they couldn't find Kelly's deck. "Did you check the Duel Disk?"

"Yeah. I can't imagine where it is. Did you check her jacket pocket?"

"No let me look." Sdrive looked through the pocket but couldn't find it. "That's really weird. It's not there either."

"Do you think someone took it?" Mina asked him.

"No, as a matter of fact I don't. But I bet I know exactly where it is." Sdrive said smiling.

"Where?" Sdrive went over to Kelly's little backpack. He poked around in it for a few seconds. "Are you sure you should be doing that?"

"Normally I would never go through anyone's things. But I used to do this all the time. Normally when she was particularly happy. She would usually have a little something in side it for me and she wouldn't want me to know so she would hide it in here." Sdrive smiled at the memory. "I would go through it while keeping it away from her. She always got so mad at me. I have to laugh at it."

"Why?"

"Because when I would get something for her I would hide it in plain view. Sort of cover it up and she would never know the difference. She used to get so upset. A HA!"

"What?"

Sdrive pulled out a little wooden chest. It was painted green on top and brown on the bottom. It was decorated with various little paintings. Sdrive opened the top and revealed a deck of Duel Monster cards. "I knew it!"

"How did it get in there? It was in her Duel Disk when she fainted wasn't it?"

"Kelly was always able to pull that off. I never quiet figured out how she did it. Although trying to become a Magician I have always tried to get her to tell me. She was pretty good with her hand speed so I always guessed it had something to do with that. She probably got it in there while we were arguing with that rare hunter. Put it in there for good measure." Sdrive started shuffling through the cards. "What?! This has to be what she was talking about."

"What is it?"

"It's a..."

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The Time Wizard opened up a Time Portal and sucked up the sheep and himself. Joeys life points decreased due to the Time Wizard's effect. (l.p. 2650) "NOOOOOO!!!! I'm gonna lose now! I have to end my turn." Joey looked down. Mai looked worried.

"HAHAHA! This is so much fun. I feel so bad for you. I mean my Toons are unstoppable. I lay a card under the table and I'll give you one more turn to make a come back. But in the mean time I'll send my Toon BLack Magician Girl to attack your life points!"

"Hey!" Mai shouted out. "You said you were going to let him go this turn."

"I'm letting him live, but I can still attack. Go my Toon, attack!" The Toon went towards Joey and smacked him on the head with her wand. Then she released a small blast of magic which flung him to the ground. The Girl then went back to her side of the field. She started twirling her wand, threw it up into the air, and then caught it. (l.p. 650)

Mai ran over to Joey. "Joey get up. Please Joey." Joey didn't get up. He just lay there. "Come on Joey. Don't let the pain get to you."

Joey gave a grunt and tried to move. He was able to go into a sitting position. Mai drew Joey's card and placed it with his other cards. "I-can't-lose." Joey looked at his hand to refresh his memory and then he saw one of the card he didn't recognize in his hand. "When-when'd I-I draw this?"

"I drew for you," Mai said.

"I think I can use this hand. I-I play Harpies Feather Duster." Joey placed the card on the reader. A duster appeared and let out a blast of wind that destroyed the face down card and the Toon World. "Accord-according to the new rules, your Toons can't stay on the field if Toon World is destroyed." The Toon Black Magician Girl got sucked back into the Toon World Book. The Book stretched very big, and then it shrunk very small, it went back to normal size and then sucked itself into itself. With the word PHOOMP appearing over the field it was over. Toon World was destroyed. "I-Su-summon-Baby Dragon. Then I-I..." Joey couldn't keep going. His Consciousness was slipping away.

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"...Blue Eyes White Dragon!!!"

"What!?!" Mina said. She looked over his shoulder and the card was indeed the Blue Eyes White Dragon. "How did she get a Blue Eyes White Dragon?"

"I don't know. But I think there is a way I can find out how. It will require me going to the Shadow Realm!"

"What?"

Sdrive: Yes, I'm going to need to go to the Shadow Realm to find her spirit. If I can find her then maybe, just maybe, we can solve this mystery. But I'm going to need extra power, it's going to be hard, I will need you to help. I need you to harness the powers of your Medallion, send me to the Shadow Realm. I don't think I should send myself there and stay there long enough and keep my mental prowess up.

"But you don't need to. You won't be dueling."

"I'm going to have to search for a while. If I encounter any monsters I will have to beat them. Please help me. I don't want to use all my magic sending myself there."

"All right." Mina started to harness the powers of the Medallion. It started to glow. "Be careful."

"Thanks."

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"Joey, you have to wake up," Mai said pleading. "If you don't then I'm going to kill you when this is over."

"He's going to die anyway. Well, it will be enough like dieing."

Joey was barely conscious. He couldn't move and he couldn't think. But stuff was still flowing through his mind. When he first met Yugi, his first duel with Mai, the Duel against Rex, the duel with Bones, the Humiliating lose to Kaiba, his duel along side Yugi against the Paradox Brothers, His duel against Bandit Keith, his face off with Yugi in the Semifinals, the first Virtual World trying to rescue Kaiba, his lost duel against Duke Devilin, the duel against the Rare Hunter with Exodia, his match with Espa Roba, Weevil Underwood, and Mako Tsunami. Then when he was mind controlled by Malik. The Battle City finals against Odieon, and then getting sucked into the virtual world having to face Johnson, then all of the Big Five inside of Tristan's Body. Joey's duel with the 4 on one, the duel against Kaiba, his Duel against Marik, and then here, against the Toon Monsters. All those images were running through his head. And then the image of Serenity, and Yugi. They popped into his head. And the images of all his friends, he had to win, for them, he went through so much, he couldn't lose now, he had to get up and fight. Joey's eyes opened, he knew that he had the energy to continue, but that energy would only last so long. He needed to win soon, or else it would be all over for him.

"Joey! Your standing!" Mai exclaimed.

"Yeah! But I'm not sure how much longer I'm going to be able stay conscious. So I have to play fast! I now equip my Baby Dragon with Dragon Nails! That increases its attack by 600 points (1800/700) Now Baby Dragon! Attack Goblin Attack Force, wipe them out!" The small orange dragon now had long metal nails. It let out a burst of fire and destroyed the goblins. "And now I end my turn."

"I still have my Troop Dragon guarding my life points DRAW! Perfect. "I play Pot of Greed to draw two new cards. I lay 1 card under the table and end my turn."

"All right, my turn, DRAW!" 'Hey Awesome, I can use this card' "I activate Fusion."

"What? You don't have anything to fuse it with!"

"Oh yeah? I fuse Baby Dragon and Alligators Sword!"

"WHAT!?!"

"That's right! Baby Dragon and Alligators Sword! Do the Fusion Dance! FFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSION HAAAA!!!! The Baby Dragon and the Alligators Sword danced around with each other and glowed and became shiny. They then melded into each other. Alligators Sword Dragon! (1700/1500)

"Well that's not going to help you."

"I beg to differ, cause now I can summon Swordsman of Landstar! (500/1200). Now go my Alligators Sword Dragon! Attack Troop Dragon!!!" The Alligator on top of the small orange dragon flew forward and destroyed Troop Dragon. "Now! Go Swordsman of Landstar! Attack his life points dir..." Suddenly another of the dragons appeared.

"I sure hope you didn't forget my monster's special ability."

"You have another!"

"Of course, It's only useful it you have three of them in your deck."

'I can't attack it again this turn or else I'll get myself dangerously low on life points.' "I end my turn."

"Very well, DRAW! I activate Toon Index and I take a second Toon World."

"You have TWO!!!"

"Yes, but I won't play it yet. I end my turn."

"I have to make this next draw count. Come on deck! Joey looked at his card and smiled. Awesome! This card will help me a whole lot!"

"Huh?" Spike asked confused.

"I summon Rocket Warrior!" (1500/1300) A small robotic man that looked like it had parts of a rocket on it appeared on the field. It held a sword and a shield.

"Crap!"

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Sdrive was engulfed in darkness. It was hard for him to see for a few minutes but he finally adjusted to the lack of light. Searching the Shadow Realm was going to be tough but he had to do it. He walked in the darkness for a few minutes. He found it surprising that he wasn't feeling weak from being in it. 'I'm not dueling, that's probably why it's so easy.' Just then he heard a loud screeching sound. When he turned to look he saw the Damned Dragon coming after him. "Oh shit!" The Damned Dragon made it's loud screeching noise. The Damned Dragon let out a burst of fire from its mouth. Sdrive quickly pulled out his deck and grabbed the first card that was there. He flung it in the air and a vortex opened in the Shadow Realm allowing the monster to come forth. The mighty mage known as the Black Magician came out of the vortex.

"Yamato said that the Dark Magician only obeys Yami the Pharaoh but I'm going to give it a try anyway. Black Magician use all your might to attack the Damned Dragon! Black Magic Attack!!!" The Black Magician, as if responding to Sdrive's presence, obeyed and let out a wave of magic from its staff. "Phew! That's why you're my favorite." Sdrive called out. The magic energy hit the Damned Dragon but it survived and counter attacked. "Damn, I forgot, Attack points don't really matter unless you're not playing an exact Shadow Game. The kind that Yamato always plays. That's how the real Shadow Games work. Shit, the Magician! Get out of the way!" But the magician had already dodged. "Good thing he's not like a Pokemon and stupid enough to let himself get hit if I don't give out an order."

The Magician and the Dragon spared for a while. They were both pretty tired. The magician let out another blast of magic and it hit the dragon dead on. The Damned Dragon flew off after that. It had had enough. "Wow. Pretty cool. Thank you Black Magician," Sdrive said.

"You're welcome, Itonami," The Black Magician said.

"You can talk? Wait duh, I'm in the Shadow Realm! Hey, what do you mean by Itonami?"

"You will learn in good time." And with that the Black Magician left. Sdrive watched as Black Magician went back into the depths of the Shadow Realm. As he walked along, a few monsters tried to attack him but his La Jinn easily took care of them. They were all pretty weak monsters. He kept walking until he thought he saw something up ahead.

"I wonder what that is. Well no point standing around thinking about it. Always better to go forward than backwards." And with that he walked towards what he saw.

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"My Rocket Warrior will go into it's Invincible Mode and attack your Troop Dragon. I would normally warn you about your Dragon losing 500 attack points but it's in defense and it's going to get destroyed anyway. Go Rocket Warrior Attack!!!" The Little Man's body folded up and joined together to make a rocket. It blasted itself forward and destroyed the small dragon with it's pointed top. "And now I attack you directly with Alligators Sword Dragon!" The small Dragon flapped its wings and flew over to Spike's side of the field. Alligators Sword slashed at him with it's lighting fast sword right across the chest causing him to bleed uncontrollably and dropping his life points. (S. l.p. 4300) ike screamed in immense pain. He started to bleed very heavily. He clutched at his chest and fell to his knees. "That's not all. I now switch my Swordsman of Landstar on guard. No need to lose all my life points. It's your move."

'I need to draw a monster' Spike thought drawing his card. He pulled the Serpent Night Dragon 'I need to draw a monster I can play!!!' "I end my turn."

"What? Your deck isn't working anymore?" Joey asked mockingly. "I'll lay a card face down and then I attack your Life Points Directly!" The two creatures charged at Spike and attacked him. Spike fell over in immense pain screaming his head off. (S. l.p. 1100) "I end my turn."

Spike struggled to draw his card and when he did he smiled. "I activate the Sealing Swords of Light!"

The Bright Swords flashed down upon Joey stopping him from attacking. "Oh Noooo!!!"

"Yes this will give me a chance to get my defenses up. I end my turn."

'I have ta beat him fast.' "Awsome! I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1600) in attack mode!" The large soldier whose armor was made of Iron appeared on the field. "And that ends my turn."

Spike drew his card and smiled. 'This will protect me even more.' "I lay a card under the table and then I end my turn."

Joey drew the card and smiled. Well ain't this a nice little number. I play my own Goblins in attack mode (2300/0) and end my turn. Two turns down. The Goblins materialized onto the field as Spike drew his card. "I lay a card under the table and end my turn."

"DRAW!" "Awesome!!! You're toast! I sacrifice my Rocket Warrior and my Swordsman of Landstar and I summon Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000)! The ferocious black dragon with the sharp claws and spikes all over its body emerged. "That ends my turn and your stupid Swords of Revealing Light are gone as well. Next turn your going to feel the pain!" 'Just as I am now. It's getting harder to remain conscious, but it's almost over. I just have to hold on a little bit longer.'

"Come on Joey you can do this!" Mai called out.

"If I play anything in attack mode I will instantly be taken over. I have to defend. "I lay one monster on guard and end my turn."

"It's over, but I have to expect the worse. I can't fall right into a Trap. If his monster has high defense I'm done for. SO I'll summon Panther Warrior in attack mode! The tall panther with the large sword appeared on the field. "Go Red Eyes Black Dragon! Attack his On Guard monster!!!" The Red Eyes let out a blast of fire from it's mouth. But suddenly three robed people appeared stopping the attack from going through. "What?"

"I activated Waboku!!! This stops you from attacking."

"Fine. Go!!!"

"I draw! 'This could be risky. I need to watch how I do this.' "I activate this Trap Card! Reckless Greed! I can draw two more cards as long as I give up my next two draw phases." Spike drew his two cards and looked at them. "I activate the Magic Card, Dian Keto the Cure Master! I gain 1000 life points. (l.p. 2100 "I feel a bit better but not for long. I activate Toon World by sacrificing 1000 life points." (l.p. 1100) I special Summon Toon Mermaid and then I sacrifice it for Toon Summoned Skull. The Evil book Appeared. It showed the Toon Mermaid. Then the Toon Mermaid had a zipper appear on its body. It unzipped itself and out came the Toon Summoned Skull. The Toon Summoned Skull then stuck out its tongue and made funny noises and motions with it. "HAHAHA!! You won't be able to stand up against my Toon Monsters twice! You're done for! Next turn you lose everything you ever had!!! I end my turn!!!"

"NOOOO!!! 'It can't end like this. I have to trust in my deck. I won't be able to hang on much longer. Come on deck!' Joey pulled his card. He was unsure about what to do with it. But then he realized he still had a move. 'This is a big risk, but it's a risk I gotta take.' "Alright, someones about to lose this duel. I play Monster Reborn to revive my Time Wizard!"

"What!" Spike said Incrediously.

"This is my last turn anyway. I might as well go off fighting. I have to give it a try. I have my Time Wizard use Time Roulette! I choose Heads once more!" The coin appeared spinning on the field again. Joey pressed a button on his duel disk. The coin flipped up into the air and landed on the field.

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Sdrive was walking toward what he saw. He couldn't quite make it out. But he was certain that he saw something. As he walked the image got clearer. All of a sudden he heard an all too familiar roar. A roar that was better left undisturbed. It was the Roar of the Blue Eyes White Dragon! "Oh man!" The Blue Eyes spotted him and let out a blast of energy right at him. Sdrive drew a card and looked at it for a split second before lifting it into the air. "Magical Hats!" Four large hats covered Sdrive. The Blue Eyes' attack hit one of the hats that were right next to him. He was running short on ideas. He didn't want to press his luck with the Dark Magician. He didn't want the magician to get hurt. He quickly shuffled through his deck. All of a sudden he heard the Blue Eyes White Dragon let out another charge. It sounded like it was coming right at him. He diminished the Magical Hats and lifted up another card. "Magic Cylinder!" The blast went into one cylinder and then out the other.

"I don't have enough time to watch to see what happens, It's too dangerous here at the moment." He pulled out the Harp from his side backpack and it started to glow. Sdrive exited the Shadow Realm and found himself back in the hospital. Mina looked up and saw him standing there.

"Did you find her?" She asked.

"No. I ran into a Blue Eyes. I decided it was better if I just left in one piece."

"I'm sorry. Do you want to try again in a while."

"Not today. Come on. The Blue Eyes White Dragon card isn't safe here in the hospital. I'll take it with me for now. Let's go back and see if we can find either the gang or a duelist for you to face."

"What about you?"

"I'm so far ahead of everyone, remember?"

"Oh yeah. Ok, well let's go then," and with that they walked out of Kelly's room.

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(Heads!)

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" Spike cried out.

"And that means that ya lose your Toon Monster!" The Time Vortex opened once again and sucked up the Toon Summoned Skull. The Toon Summoned Skull let out one more funny tongue motion and then disappeared into the vortex."

"No this can't be happening. This is a bad dream, a nightmare! NOOOOO!!!"

"Way to go Joey! You showed that freak that Joey Wheeler is no pushover."

"And now to finish you off! Red Eyes Black Dragon attack his life points Directly!!!" The Red Eyes let out one final blast of fire. Spike screamed in pain and was burned really badly. (S. l.p. 0) The pain from the duel relinquished and both duelists couldn't be happier that it was over. "And now I get your rarest cards!"

"I can't believe I lost. I won't let this happen." Spike rushed Joey. Joey gave him a punch to the stomach and Spike dropped to the ground.

"Nice try. But you lost so now you have to pay up." Spike started to get up but his eye's glazed over and went blank. "Huh?"

"It happens to anyone who loses remember? They go unconscious."

"Oh yeah. Well I guess I better take the cards myself." Joey looked through Spike's deck until he came across the Spear Dragon, the Serpent Night Dragon and he got the Toon World."

"That was a tough duel but you got through it so that means that you were tougher than the duel," Mai said incouragingly. "Now lets go. I guess we have to go take him to the hospital." They picked Spike up and started to take him to the hospital.

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Nari was walking around looking for a challenge. It had been a while since she last dueled. She wanted to find a good duelist to refresh her skills. Suddenly a man knocked her down. The man was wearing a green cloak. "Who are you?" She cried.

"My name is Phuse and I challenge you to a duel. When I win I claim your Sennen Item."

Nari slid her deck into her deck holster and agreed. She drew her 5 cards and she began the duel by drawing a 6th. "Who are you anyway, why do you want my Sennen Item?"

"I'm a Magic Seeker. I can absorb magic. And that's why I want you Item!"

"Whatever. I activate two magic cards! Ookazi and Dian Keto The Cure Master. I gain Life Points as you lose them." A man came up and handed Nari an Orb. She felt stronger. While that happened a burning house came up around Phuse. It collapsed on him and he got badly burned.

Nari: 9000

Phuse: 7200.

Nari: I then play a monster on guard and a card under the table and end my turn."

"I now draw my opening hand! Here is my move. I play the Magic Card Fusion Sage. This card allows me to take one Fusion from my deck to my hand. Now I discard my Thunder Dragon!"

"You can't just discard a card just because you want to it's against the rules."

"On the contrary. It's special effect allows me to do just that. And when I do I can draw get two more from my deck." The Duel disk slid out the two cards. "Now I play Fusion and I fuse my two Thunder Dragons to form Twin headed Thunder Dragon!" A large orange dragon with two heads appeared onto the field (2800/2100) "Go Twin Headed Thunder Dragon. Attack her defender. Double Headed Thunder Blast!" The Dragon let out a large blast of energy. It struck the monster and got destroyed.

"Wow that was a good attack. I have to be careful." Nari said.

"I end my turn," Phuse said.

"I play Dark Hole! It sucks up all your monsters," Nari cried out as a hole appeared in the field and sucked up the Dragon. "Now I play this monster. Dark Elf!" A monster that looked like the Mystical Elf appeared. It was dark skinned and wore dark clothes. "I sacrifice one thousand life points to do 2000 points of direct damage to you!" The Dark Elf let out a blast of magic. It struck Phuse dead on.

Phuse got knocked down to the ground. (l.p. 5200) "Not bad."

"I end my turn!" Nari said.

"DRAW!! I activate Pot of Greed. I can draw two cards! BWHAHAHAHA!!! It's over! The card I activate now hold in my hand is the key to defeating you. never mess with the power of fusion. I play this Magic Card, Fusion Gate!!!"

"What does that do?"

"It brings forth your doom!" A lare gate that was surging with energy appeared in front of the field." The scene fades out with a drawing of Nari facing a huge dragon that is emerging from the Fusion Gate and Phuse laughing hysterically. The words To Be Continued... apear underneath the picture.

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Sdrive: And that is all. Sorry Nari but the duel with Joey took longer than expected, plus I wanted too have a cliff hanger. Review time!

Silver Dragon Iron Claws: Thanks, I got my computer back with word so the mistakes should stop now. Yeah you can be in it. I really need people for the Finals. So that would be great thanks.

Yokokaru-chan: Hmmm, Guess you didn't. Oh well at least you did this time. Thank you.

Peace Writer: Yeah they weren't that good were they. Go ahead and make up people for me. The more the merrier. And I'm going to pretend you didn't say that nasty comment.

Zenryo: Thank you a lot. You will learn soon enough. You can easily beat up Peace and not have anyone else get hurt just joking Peace!

Mina Chan AMD: Thanks. Good luck.

Sdrive: Well that was all. Hope you enjoyed. R&R!!!

Power to the Hikari's