A/N: Well, it looks like another chapter is going to be published. I started writing this at 4:00 in the morning. My brother is having a sleepover and I'm not tired. Even though I've got a full day of studying ahead of me. I've got three tests on Tuesday. Wish me luck. I mentioned this last chapter, but just in case it confused anyone, unlike in the Waking The Dragons Saga, the Orichalcos sends the souls to the Shadom Realm.
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Previously: "I activate the Seal Of Orichalcos!" Dartz shouted.
"Go Harpie Lady Pheonix Formation!" Mai yelled.
"I summon Orichalcos Shuneros!" Dartz said. "Photon Ring Blast!"
Mai fell to the ground and the Orichalcos captured her soul.
"Divine Serpent end this!" Dartz ordered.
"Forgive me everyone." Alexis said.
"Excellent." Dartz said. "Three down and five to go."
Now: Word had reached the others that Dartz had defeated Mai and Alexis.
"Excellent." Yami Marik said. "We only have five more left."
"Yes." Thief Bakura agreed. "As soon as we defeat them, they will be trapped in the Shadow Realm for eternity and we will return to the Real World and rule."
Dartz walked across, searching for his next victim.
Meanwhile, Zane was walking around. He had no knowledge of the others. He could just hope for the best. Then he saw a shadow in the shape of a human. Zane made a decision to pounce as soon as he saw the person. The person walked by. Zane charged and slammed on top of him.
"Hey! What's the big idea?" Joey asked furiously.
"Oh! Joey! I'm sorry." Zane said. "I thought you were someone else."
"Yeah." Joey replied as he got up."
"So have run into those creeps?" Zane asked.
"No, not yet." Joey said.
"Well, we've got to find and destroy them." Zane said. "Then we've got to find the others and get out of this virtual dump. Then we need to finish the tournament so we can move on with our lives."
"I'll bet if YOU were still in the tournament you wouldn't be in such a hurry to end it." Joey remarked.
"Shut up." Zane said. Then suddenly he had a look of panic on his face.
"What's the problem?" Joey asked.
"I think someone's coming." Zane said. Zane turned out to be right. Then Dartz stepped into the open.
"Come out you weaklings." Dartz said. "I know you're there. Now come out and duel me."
"It's Dartz." Joey said.
"You're a regular Sherlock Holmes." Zane said. "Did you figure that out all by yourself?"
"Very funny." Joey said. "You remind me of Tristan."
"WHAT?" Zane said. "You said I remind you of TRISTAN!"
"Sorry." Joey said. "We don't have a choice. We have to duel him."
So Zane and Joey stepped out of the bushes and faced Dartz.
"All right." Dartz said. "Which one of you wants to duel first?"
"We'll duel together." Joey said. Zane looked at him with a question.
"We have to. This nutcase can cause serious damage and we'll lose for sure if we duel alone." Joey said. "We have to duel together."
"All right." Zane agreed.
"If you want to know. I've already defeated your friends Mai and Alexis." Dartz said. "I've also captured their souls."
"We'll make you pay." Joey said. "Now let's duel!"
"Since my last duel was SO easy, I'll give myself a disadvantage." Dartz said. "I'll also play with 4000 life points like you two."
"Fine." Zane said.
"Let's duel!" They all shouted as they activated their duel disks.
"I'll go first." Zane said. "I summon Cyber Dragon in attack mode. That's all for now."
"My move." Joey said. "I summon Axe Raider in attack mode."
"It's my turn." Dartz said. "And you Joseph, should be quite familiar with this move."
"No!" Joey yelled. "Not that!"
"Yes." Dartz said. "I activate the Seal Of Orichalcos!"
The Seal raised in the sky and descended as it surrounded the playing field. Then the Orichalcos figure was designed onto the field. Then Dartz's forehead gleamed with the Orichalcos symbol.
"If you two defeat me." Dartz said. "You won't EVER face the Seal Of Orichalcos again. I am the only one among the four who uses it."
"That's a relief." Joey said.
"What does it do?" Zane asked.
"The Seal Of Orichalcos permits me to have up to ten monsters on the field at once." Dartz said. "Also, every monster on my side of the field gain 500 attack points. This card cannot be destroyed until the duel is over. Whoever loses the duel will lose their soul."
"No way!" Zane said.
"It's true." Joey said. "And I should know. I experienced it first-hand!"
"Yes." Dartz said. "Now let me continue my move. I summon Orichalcos Gigas in attack mode. That will be all for now."
"My turn." Zane said. "I activate the spell card Different Dimension Capsule. This allows me to select any card in my deck and remove it out of play for two turns. After two turns have passed, I get to add the card that I removed to my hand. Now I play the spell card Polymerization to fuse my Cyber Dragon in my hand with the one on my field so I can form Cyber Twin Dragon! Now destroy his Gigas!"
Orichalcos Gigas reappeared with 1400 attack points.
Joey 4000 / Zane 4000 / Dartz 2100
"It's my move." Joey said. "I'll sacrifice my Axe Raider so I can summon my Flame Swordsman. Next I'll activate the Magic card Salamandra! This will boost my Flame Swordsman's attack points by 700 which gives it 2500 attack points! Now attack his Gigas!"
Joey 4000 / Zane 4000 / Dartz 1000
"It's my move." Dartz said. "As you've noticed, my Gigas returns every time it's destroyed and it gains 500 attack points each time it does this. However, I can't draw a card. But I'll now activate the magic card Pot Of Greed. This lets me draw two cards from my deck. Now I'll sacrifice 500 life points so I can summon my Orichalcos Kutora in the back row."
Joey 4000 / Zane 4000 / Dartz 500
"Now I'll enhance the Seal of Orichalcos with the magic of Orichalcos Dueteros!" Dartz yelled. "Now every turn I gain 500 life points for every monster on my side of the field!"
"It's my move." Zane said. "I will place one card facedown and I'll attack with my Cyber Twin Dragon!"
Orichalcos Gigas was destroyed and reappeared with 1900 attack points, but this time Dartz didn't lose any life points.
"What?" Joey yelled. "How come you didn't lose any life points?"
"Because my Orichalcos Kutora absorbs all of the battle damage that I suffer." Dartz replied.
"Well fine." Zane said. "I'll end my turn."
"It's my move." Joey said. "I'll summon Rocket Warrior in attack mode! Now activate Invincible mode!"
Orichalcos Gigas's attack points dropped to 1400.
"Now Flameswordsman! Attack his Orichalcos Gigas!" Joey yelled.
Kutora once again absorbed all of the damage and Orichalcos Gigas reappeared with 2400 attack points.
"It's my move now." Dartz said. "I now gain 1000 life points."
Joey 4000 / Zane 4000 / Dartz 2000
"Now, I'll place one card facedown and I'll sacrifice my Orichalcos Gigas so now I can send an attack which will attack your Cyber Twin Dragon with an equal amount of attack points, thanks to the second layer of the sacred seal!" Dartz said.
"I don't think so." Zane said. "I activate my De-Fusion! This seperates my monster back into the two original Cyber Dragons."
"Lucky move." Dartz said.
"It's my move." Zane said. "I now can take the card that I sealed away with Different Dimension Capsule. Now I'll activate Power Bond. This will fuse my two Cyber Dragons on the field with the one in my hand so I can summon Cyber End Dragon! Now my Cyber End Dragon's attack points are 8000! Now I'll play Masked Doll to prevent me from losing life points from Power Bond. Now Cyber End Dragon destroy his Kutora and end this duel!"
Kutora was about to be destroyed, but it still absorbed the damage from Cyber End Dragon's attack.
"Kutora has another ability." Dartz said. "Whenever it's destroyed, it evolves!"
Then a huge creature appeared and its arms seperated from its body.
"Meet Orichalcos Shuneros!" Dartz said. "It also summoned Orichalcos Dexia and Orichalcos Aristeros!"
"That thing has got 10,500 attack points." Zane said.
"Fine." Joey said. "My move. I activate the Magic Card Shield and Sword! This will reverse the attack and defense of our monsters. Now your Shuneros's attack points are 0 and my Swordsman's are 1600! Now Flameswordsman! Destroy his Orichalcos Shuneros!"
Shuneros, Dexia, and Aristeros were destroyed and Dartz's life points dropped to 400.
"Thank you." Dartz said. "When Shuneros is destroyed, It automatically summons Divine Serpent whose attack is infinite. Also, I must discard every card in my hand and give up all of my remaining life points. However, as long as my serpent stays on the field, I remain in the game, but you destroy him. You win."
"We'll take it down." Zane said. "I'll summon my Overdrive in defense mode and I'll end my turn."
"It's my move." Joey said. "I'll place one card facedown and end my turn."
"It's my move." Dartz said. "I'll discard ten cards from my deck to my graveyard so my Divine Serpent can attack. Now destroy his Cyber End Dragon and end this duel!"
"I don't think so." Joey said. "I activate the trap card Double Magical Arm Binding! Now I'll sacrifice my Swordsman and Zane's Overdrive so now I can take control of your Divine Serpent!"
"Heh heh heh." Dartz said. "You two are extremely worthy. I clearly underestimated you. Now I will pay... but so will you!"
"What are you talking about?" Zane asked. "As soon as Joey attacks we win the duel."
"That WOULD be the case if it weren't for my facedown card." Dartz said. "Behold! The trap card Self Destruct Button!"
"NO!" Joey screamed. "Not that!"
"Yes." Dartz said. "This was the other reason I started with 4000 life points. Just in case this might have happened."
"What does that do?" Zane asked.
"This duel is over." Joey said.
"How right you are." Dartz said. "Since the difference between our life points is greater than 7000. Our life points automatically drop to 0."
"That means, it's a draw." Zane said.
"Correct." Dartz said.
Both layers of the seal ended up dissapearing and nobody lost their soul. Then suddenly a huge black hole appeared.
"Well, since it was a draw." Dartz said. "All three of us will lose our souls!"
"What!" Zane cried.
"Too late." Dartz said.
Then the black hole absorbed Dartz's spirit and Dartz's life less body. Then it began to go for Zane and Joey.
"Look out Zane." Joey yelled. But it was too late. The black hole absorbed Zane's spirit and body. Joey tried to run but it was no use. His spirit was absorbed along with Dartz and Zane. Finally Joey's lifeless body was absorbed and the black hole dissapeared.
"It appears Dartz defeated two more people." Yami Marik said.
"True, but the duel ended in a draw, so he was also absorbed." Thief Bakura said.
"Well fine." Yami Marik said. "We still have half of our force and we've defeated five out of the eight finalists. As soon as we defeat the rest. The world is ours!"
A/N: Well there you go. Another chapter. I finished most of this by 5:00 in the morning but I fell asleep and I finished it at 2:00 in the afternoon. Already five down. Only three left. Will the tournament finalists find someway to defeat these jerks and save the world? Stay Tuned. Please Review. This is the last chapter I will write for a while because I don't have much time.