Shadow Duel Part 2: The Gatekeeper
Titan's field and LP:4000
Archfiend Soldier ATK/1900 : DEF/1500
Archfiend Cavalry ATK/1900 : DEF/0
Active Continuous Spell Hellish Summon, one face down
Draco's field and LP:4000
Kinbok, Captain of the Dragon Guard ATK/2400 : DEF/2200
Gahlot, the Dragon Guard Assassin ATK/2400 : DEF/1400
The Guards readied their weapons, awaiting the order from Draco as the two Archfiends stared them down, Draco looked through his hand hoping to find something that could help.
"Damn it, Draco!" Gahlot growled, "Just ordered the attack! The Captain and I are strong enough to take them out!"
"Gahlot!" Kinbok snarled, "You are an assassin, start thinking like one! That face down could end up destroying us if we attack."
"It'll be worse if I don't attack." Draco stated, as both Guards look at him, "If I don't attack, he could tribute those two for a stronger Archfiend."
"So what? You do nothing?!" Gahlot growled, before Draco spotted Kendov in his hand, "No, you're going to do what you do best."
"Well, boy?" Titian called out, "Going to play or forfeit?"
"What I'm going to do, is use Gahlot's Special Ability!" Draco called back, "I discard Kendov from my hand." He placed his Fighter into his Graveyard and smiled, "Alright Titan, which Archfiend is it? Cavalry or Soldier?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" Titan demanded, "Pick one, you dumbass!" Draco shouted back.
"Fine, if it gets the duel over with quickly." Titan remarked, "Soldier."
The second the monster's name was uttered, Gahlot suddenly vanished, causing titan to gasp lightly, before a Sai suddenly thrusted into the Archfiend's throat, from the right. The Soldier gurgled as its "blood" filled its mouth before a second Sai impaled its head and Gahlot reappeared on its back, her eyes slightly glowing.
"Go back to the hell pit that you crawled from!" she snarled before flipping herself over the Archfiend, snarling out as she pulled at her Sais, ripping the Archfiend's head off, after which the monster's headless body disintegrated.
"What the hell did you do?!" Titan yelled out.
"Why else do you think, Gahlot is called the Assassin?" Draco asked sarcastically, "She just assassinated one of your Archfiends."
Titan just smirked before his face down card revealed what it was, "Just as they said you'll do. I now use my trap, Hellish Sacrifice."
"What does that card do?!" Draco asked.
"Just as it says." Titan replied, "If I have an Archfiend in my Graveyard, I can revive it by sacrificing the monster that destroyed it, and my Archfiend will get half of the monster's current attack."
Hellfire chains shot out of the trap card, wrapping around Gahlot's wrists, ankles, mid-section, and neck, slowly began to pull her towards the trap as she tried to stop herself from being pulled into the trap.
"Don't struggle." Titan ordered, "It'll just delay what is to happen to you."
Before she was pulled in however, the chains suddenly unwrapped themselves from her and shot past Kinbok, impaling Draco as he groans out loudly from the intense pain.
Draco LP:4000-1600
"What?!" titan roared out, as Draco falls to his knees, panting out, "What the hell did you do?!"
"I-I did the alteration sacrifice." Draco panted out, "Losing Life points, equal to the monster's attack, to keep the monster from being destroyed and cancelling the reviving of the Fiend."
Titan growled out, in anger before Draco stood up and panted out, glaring at the large man.
"Kinbok! Destroy the other Archfiend! Shattering Claymore Slash!"
The Captain roared out, dashing out and slicing the Phantom horse's head off before slamming his claymore through the Archfiend in two, before it too was shattered, causing Titan to yell out as his Pendant's gaze turned to him and fired a sinister red laser into him.
Titan LP:4000-3500
"Agh! Wh-what the hell?!" he yelled out.
"We grow tired of waiting, Titan!" the voice roared, "We will get a soul, one way or the other! Now Duel the Shadow Game!"
Draco gulped loudly as he laid two cards down, ending his turn. Titan drew his card. He then grinned as then looks at Draco.
"I Summon Cerberus, Beast of the Archfiends!"
Titan played his monster as it appeared the creature was a massive three heard canine looking just as demonic and skeletal as the other two Archfiends so far, before all three heads roared out.
Cerberus, Beast of the Archfiends
FIRE Attribute Level 7
Fiend/Effect
ATK/2400 : DEF/2400
"A Level 7 without a Tribute?!" Draco questioned.
"HE can do that, Young Lord." Kinbok answered, "That creature can be called if the control has no monsters and the opponent as at least two monsters."
"There's more to that." Titan remarked, smirking, "This beast can attack three times and it can't be destroyed by monsters with equal attack to it."
"I also use my Spell card, Archfiend Calling!" Titan announced, activating a spell, showing a human blowing into a skull like horn, "This lets me Special summon two Archfiends in my hand. And I choose to summon a second Archfiend Soldier and Archfiend Cultist."
Another Soldier appeared unsheathing it's sword and next to it stood a human like monster, wearing a dark crimson robe, a skull hat, and wielding a sacrificial dagger dripping with blood.
Archfiend Cultist
DARK Attribute Level 3
Spellcaster/Effect
ATK/1000 : DEF/1000
"Do it! Finish him!"
"Now, Cerberus. Devour his Captain! Hellish Fang!" Titan ordered, the three headed beast snarled out and lunged at Kinbok, pinning him to the ground, and all three heads began to bite and tear into him before he shattered to pieces.
"Second Hellish Fang!" Titan ordered again, "this time the beast's heads, one each bit down on her arms, before the middle head roared out and bites Gahlot's head off, causing Draco to groan out in pain as the damage from the attack made the Pendant turn to him and blast him with a beam.
Draco LP:1600-1100
"And now the third Hellish Fang!" Once more, the large canine bared all of its fangs at Draco.
"I don't think so Titan." Draco growled, "I use Draining Shield!" The usual barrier arose shielding Draco from the three-headed dog's fangs.
Draco LP:1100-3500
"If you had that card, why the hell didn't you used it before?!" Titan yelled out.
"Because you told me your Cerberus could attack three times." Draco replied, "And now, my second face down, Silver's Cry!"
A distant roar was heard from the spell's activation, before Titan laughed loudly, "You fucking idiot!" he boosted, "You don't have a Normal Dragon monster in your grave."
Draco gave a smirk to his opponent, "Answer the cry of the Silver Dragon and return to the battle field! Kendov, the Dragon Guard Fighter!" He called out.
In a flash of silver light Kendov appeared on his side of the field, ready for battle.
Kendov, The Dragon Guard Fighter
DARK Attribute Level 7
Dragon/Normal
ATK/2500 : DEF/2300
"Kendov, I need an explanation on the Cultist." Draco ordered.
"They were once human.", Kendov replied, "They sided with the Archfiends and are used as a vessel until the Supreme Archfiends appears, and they are protected as long as an Archfiend is present."
"Damn that lizard!" the voice snarled, "Titan, we order you to finish this Duel, now!"
"I don't have anything to play." Titan growled back.
"Is there more?" Draco asked his Fighter, "There is, if you attack the Cultist can blood sacrifice himself to give his life force to an Archfiend making it stronger." He replied.
Draco sighed out, as Titan's turn came to an end, "Alright if I don't get the right card here, these things will be unleashed on the Academy." Draco thought.
He breathed deeply before drawing his card, looking at it his eyes slightly widen and smiled, "Hey Kendov. It's your card."
"My card?"
"I activate, Unlock Hidden Potential!" Draco yelled out, causing Kendov to grin, before his body was surrounded by a light purple aura.
Kendov ATK/3200
"Titan, you fool!"
"Will you shut up?! I still have a trick up my sleeve."
"Kendov, attack the Soldier!" Draco ordered, "Dragon Fist!"
The Purple Dragon, made the aura burst more violently before his right fist erupted with power, dashing forward and roared out, slamming his fist into the skull head of the Soldier before it began to crack and shatter, smashing the Archfiend's head in, before it explode from the power. Titan groans out, but smirks as he used the smoke to slip a card to the top of his deck.
Titan LP:3500-2300
Meanwhile, Syrus shakenly held the flashlight, the hole that Draco fell through was in fact what was left of the stairs, before it turned to the left. The distance to the ledge was ten feet.
"On, man." He whimpered out, "Draco could be really hurt, but there is no way I'll be able to make that jump."
His body shivered in fear, before he heard a loud huff behind him, causing his body to freeze. Syrus slowly moved his eyes to his left, once again hearing the huff closer to him this time. Syrus slowly turned his head, what he saw, caused his pupils and irises to shrink in his eyes. Standing behind him was a creature, wearing a full body black armor, that seemed to be part of its body, the chest having three sets of crimson eyes, one above the other, blood stained spikes on its shoulder pauldrons, those being the large spikes. A helm covering its face with light blue glowing eyes, and was wielding a large blade. The blade having a black hilt, a large hand guard, that had line I the center being a deep crimson red. The blade itself, was as if two swords were forged together, in a wave fashion mirroring the other, the edge in the center was serrated, having saw like teeth. The creature stared at Syrus, causing him to gasp out in fear as if the creature's eyes was staring at his soul.
"Tol faan hi qethserod," the creature spoke in a dark, haunting voice and in a languish Syrus didn't understand, "lost nii Draco."
Syrus gasped out hearing the creature say "Draco" mustering his courage, he gulps loudly.
"Wh-what do-do you want wi-with Dr-Draco?" he asked.
The creature ignore his question and looked at the gap, where the stairs were, before it's blade began to glow from the tip to center, the same as its eyes, before an orb emerged from the sword and the creature grabbed it, as it formed a skull-like face letting out a haunting moan.
"Darr los nux fiikath." It spoke again, before slamming the skull orb into the stairs, and they began to reappear as they glow as well, before the light faded only the hole that Draco made didn't repair itself.
"Waan hi hind hiif faal Goraan Dovah Drog, bo wah mok." It said once more before it slowly began to vanish into thin air.
"What or who the hell are you?" Syrus actually yelled out with no fear, before the creature's head vanished its voice echoed in the hall, "Silziigaaf."
Outside the dorm, Mana, looked into her hands, hold an amulet with a rune engraved into it, glowing a sinister light.
"Fuck." She muttered, "there is dark and evil magic being used here. Draco, Syrus, be careful."
Back at the duel, Draco's turn came to an end, as the large man groaned out and stood up, "Are you ready for the Shadow Realm boy?" he asked.
"That's rich coming for you." Draco mocked out, "It is like what my mother said."
"What that would be what, boy?!" Titan growled out.
"Those who use the power of the Shadow Realm, often forget they are also at risk getting consume by it." He replied.
"I have beaten hundred of you pathetic mortals! You are no different!" He roared out, drawing his card and gave an evil smirk, "And you'll know I am untouchable in Shadow Duels with this! Curse of Satiety!"
The spell that Draco was looking at looked almost like "Card of Satiety" except the image showed one person giving off an insane smile as the other was kneeling over, withering away, like his soul was drained out of him.
"What the hell does that do?"
"Just like it's inferior counterpart." Titan replied, "But, only the user gets the benefits of it. I draw until I have six cards."
Titan drew six cards, since his hand was empty, "And now the best part of this card."
Draco raised a brow before his eyes shot open, and he groans out in pain as six orbs of light shot out of his body and into Titan. Draco panted out loudly, looking at Titan.
Draco LP:3500-2300
Titan LP:2300-3500
"Wh-what the fuck?!"
"That's the best part, if my Life points are lower than yours when I use the spell, you will lose 200 Life points for each card I gain what you lost!"
Draco panted out loudly, clearly in pain, glaring at Titan.
"Draco!"
Draco gasped out and looked behind him, seeing Syrus panting out, from running down the stairs, "Draco, what's gong on? I thought you were—"
"This man is the one responsible for the one named Alexis being in this building." Kendov growled back. Syrus slightly jumping back as he stared at the Fighter glaring at him.
"D-did that Hologram just speak?" he asked.
"Hate to say it little buddy." Draco groaned out standing back up, "But this bastard, is dueling me in a Shadow Duel."
"By that you mean?"
"The pain and the monsters are real."
"And speaking of which." Titan stated, "I activate my field spell, Hellish Plain Pandemonium!"
As the field was activated, the filed became that of a hell scape with a sacrificial alter in the center, the only difference between the original and this one was that the field now had tortured souls, screaming, begging for their torment to stop. Draco and Syrus looked around in pure terror, hearing the pained, tortured screams.
"Th-these a-aren't real r-r-right?" Syrus stuttered out.
"I hope so." Draco replied.
"Like the original, I don't have to pay Life Points for my Archfiend cards, such as this one. Terrorking Archfiend!"
A creature of muscle and skeletal on top, appeared wielding a large, demonic looking blade as its eyes shine a bright red, glaring at Draco.
Terrorking Archfiend
DARK Attribute Level 4
Fiend/Effect
ATK/2000-2500 : DEF/1500-2000
Cerberus ATK/2400-2900 : DEF/2400-2900
Cultist ATK/1000-1500 : DEF/1000-1500
"What the?!" Draco gasped out.
"Oh right, this version gives all Archfiend Monsters 500 more attack and defense points." Titan taunted, "And let's not forget my Hellish Summon. Since I summoned an Archfiend with 2500 attack points, I Special Summon from my deck, Skull Archfiend of Lightning!"
The new Archfiend resembled Summon Skull but much more darker, lightning sparks from its skeletal arms and from it's open mouth blood dripped as it seemed hungry for more.
Skull Archfiend of Lightning
DARK Attribute Level 6
Fiend/Effect
ATK/2500-3000 : DEF/1200-1700
"I don't understand why you summoned them in attack mode." Draco stated, "Kendov is stronger than any of them."
"Fool." Titan mocked, "My field prevents them from being destroyed in battle, and you get all the damage."
Draco's eyes widen as all of Titan's monsters in attack mode, "So, let's give you a little taste of your future." Titan taunted, "Skull Archfiend of Lightning, Fiendish Lightning Strike!"
The Summoned Skull look-a-like roared out, before lightning shot from its body towards Kendov, who just braced himself as the lightning stuck him, before some of the bolts shot off of Kendov and into Draco, grunting out in pain as he gets electrocuted.
Draco LP:2300-2100
"Cerberus, Triple Hellish Fang!" The large canine jumped at the Fighter sinking his fangs from all three heads into Kendov, and again Draco grunts out in pain.
Draco LP:2100-1800-1500-1200
"And now for the final attack!" the voice roared out, "Terrorking Archfiend, Check Slash!" Titan ordered.
"WHAT?!"
The "king" lifts his large sword swinging down on to Kendov, using his wrist bands to block the blade, Draco this time, screamed out in pain falling down to his knees and panted out loudly as his eyes were wide open, slowly sweating. From this torture duel.
Draco LP:1200-500
"TITAN!" the voice roared out, "Cultist was to attack and to end the Duel! You disobey your orders!"
"Why end the duel?" Titan asked, sinisterly, "When I can weaken him physically and you show him his fears in his to shatter his will?"
"Draco! You have to get up!" Syrus called out.
Draco continue to stare at the ground, sweating and panting out, unable to hear Syrus' pleads as he was suddenly bathed in the Pendant's sinister light. Draco was then surrounded by darkness, panting on the ground before a voice began to chuckle at him.
"This is futile." It said, "No matter what you do, this will be your future."
"G-get out of my head!"
"I command you to look at your future should you choose to continue fighting or if you fail!"
"I-I said get out of my head!"
A figure of hellfire appeared before him and grabbed his shirt lifting him up, "You will see your future!" it roared.
Draco struggled in its grip before the other hand grabbed the back of Draco's head and began to force him to look into a ring of Hellfire, to see the so-called future, before Draco turned his head to refuse to look into it.
"No matter what you do," the figure spoke, "the outcome will be the same!"
"Is that so?" another voice asked, before the hellfire figure roared in pain from a large twin bladed sword emerging from its back, dropping Draco.
Draco looked at the Hellfire figure and the sword before the it was sucked into the blade, revealing an armored creature looking at Draco.
"So, you're the Young Lord?"
"What? Only the Dragon Guards calls me that." Draco replied, "Who are you?"
"I already answered that question to a mortal with strange teal hair." It replied.
Draco slowly stood up and glared at the creature, "You spoke to Syrus?! He saw you?!"
The creature pointed it's sword to Draco and slightly growl, "If you want to win this duel. You will follow these instructions. The card you will draw, play it. Followed by the spell to summon the two you drew, next revive the one that leads them, and the final card will be the grinning pot for which I shall be summoned."
"What the hell are you talking about?!" Draco growled, "I don't even have your card in my deck!"
"As I said, if you want to survive this duel and come out the victor, you will do as I instructed."
Draco's eyes snapped back to reality as he grunts out and stands, glaring at Titan and the Archfiends.
"Are you done, Titan?!" he growled out, "Or do you want to end the duel right now?!"
Syrus slightly gasped seeing a swirl of white and black flames emanating off of Draco's body, as did Titan.
"Draco?"
"It's nothing to worry about, Sy." He replied, "Well, Titan?!"
"Titan, end him!"
"My turn ends." Titan replied.
"What?!"
"Good, I draw." Draco draws his card from the deck, looking at it, he slightly widens his eyes as the card he drew was Card of Satiety, and remembered what the creature told him.
Kendov Level 7-8 ATK/3200-3300
"I activate, Card of Satiety!" Draco called out, "You already know what this card does, so go ahead and draw your one card."
Titan growls out, drawing one card, as Draco drew five, and again surprised at what he drew, "Never thought I would take someone else's dueling plans." Draco thought, "I now use Double summon to summon both Kulaas, the Water Dragon Princess and Vulok, the Fire Dragon Prince!"
Both of the Royal Dragons appeared, each taking a stance, until Kulaas saw who was next to her.
Kulaas, the Water Dragon Princess
WATER Attribute Level 4
Dragon/Effect
ATK/1500 : DEF/1000
Vulok, the Fire Dragon Prince
FIRE Attribute Level 4
Dragon/Effect
ATK/1500 : DEF/1200
"You?!" she hissed out, getting Vulok to smirk and look at her.
"Well, I knew he would see things my way and summon us together, as we should be." He replied grabbing her hand and pulling Kulaas closer to him and wrapped an arm around her waist as she growls and struggles.
"Both of you knock it off!" Draco roared, "We are currently in a Shadow Duel and I won't have you two arguing over your marriage arrangement!"
"I don't have any problems with it." Vulok huffed out.
"Oh really?" Draco asked, getting his attention, "I overheard my mother saying you won't have power over the forces of Water."
"What was that?!"
"You heard me now shut up! We have some Archfiends to send back to hell!"
Both Kulaas and Vulok looked at Draco. Kulaas looked shocked from the sudden yelling and Vulok from Draco ordering him around.
"And now Titan, both of their Special Abilities activates, they both get their weapons, Kulaas gets Katana of the Water Dragon, and Vulok gets Sword of the Fire Drake!"
Water began to flow around, Kulaas as she seemed to dance with the flow, before pulling the katana out of the water flow and took a stance with her single edge blade.
Kulaas ATK/1500-2000 : DEF/1000-1500
A pillar of fire erupted next to Vulok, he placed his hand into the raging inferno, slowly pulling a sword out, the handle seeming to be crystalize magma with some liquid lava inside it, the hand guard a bronze metal with the blade itself, the base of the blade being obsidian while the rest is a solid fiery red-hot turning bright yellow the closer it gets to the tip.
Vulok ATK/1500-2000 : DEF/1200-1700
Cerberus ATK/2900-2400
"What the hell?!" Titan roared, "Why did my Beast lose its field boost?!"
"That's the Katana's Special Ability." Draco stated, "While equipped to a monster, all of your FIRE Attribute monsters lose 500 attack and they lose their Special Abilities, in other words; your mutt can only attack once."
The three heads snarled and growled out, as Draco pulled one more card from his hand, "Now I activate Monster Reborn! Bring back Kinbok, Captain of the Dragon Guard!"
The Captain returned, wielding his Claymore, and the other dragons took a more aggressive stance.
Kendov ATK/3300-3800
Kulaas ATK/2000-2500
Vulok ATK/2000-2500
"Now the last card I'm activation is Pot of Greed!" Draco announced, as he reached his deck getting two cards from the top of his deck, before he felt a chill run down his spine. Looking at the two cards, the spell Mystical Space Typhoon and the other, the same creature that was in his head.
"What the fuck?! I never had this card!"
Draco looked over the unseen card and growled softly, "Oh great, he tells me to summon him but I have to tribute someone!"
"Ni ofanaat, fustir nol graad."
Draco looked around before sighing out, "Guess I don't have a choice." He said, "I remove Gahlot from my Graveyard to Special Summon Silziigaaf, the Dragon Guard of Souls!"
The four Guards looked at Draco slightly shocked, as the Cultist, Skull and Terrorking Archfiend stumbled back a step, as the fifth Guard appeared on the field from a maelstrom of souls, standing next to the Captain.
Silziigaaf, the Dragon Guard of Souls
DARK Attribute Level 6
Dragon/Effect
ATK/2500 : DEF/2000 (Kinbok Boost)
"So, what's the reason for you to be here, Gatekeeper?" Kinbok asked.
Silziigaaf, raised his sword pointing it at the Pendant, "Tol kagaav ahvos sil, Zu'u lost bo wah al nii." He replied.
"So, what Necromancy?" Draco asked.
"Somewhat, Silziigaaf will come from the Underworld if any souls of the dead that have past don't come his way." Kendov stated.
"So what? He's like the Grim Reaper?"
"A league above the Reaper." Kulaas and Vulok said simultaneously.
"I'll end my turn with this face down." Draco announced.
Titan looks at the Archfiends and got a glare from Terrorking, "You idiot, Titan!" he roared out, "All of those weak souls you harvest drew the attention of the Gatekeeper!"
"Impossible! I made sure he wouldn't find me!" Titan yelled out, "This Gatekeeper you fear wouldn't be able to find you!"
"Then who the fuck do you think is standing in front of the Lords of Hell?!" the Cultist snapped.
"Hey, what's the hold up?" Draco question, "My turn is over, unless you aren't really in control of everything."
Titan growled out drawing his card and just added it to his hand, "Skull Archfiend of Lightning, attack that Fighter again and end this duel and claim the soul!" Titan ordered.
The skull roared out shooting lightning to the Fighter as Titan began to laugh loudly.
"I active my face-down, Mystical Space Typhoon!" Draco called out.
"So what? I lose my Hellish Summon?" Titan mocked.
"Worst, you lose your personal Hell!" Draco called out.
The typhoon began to blow violently as the hellish field began to get torn apart, returning to the strange underground chamber shrouded in the light of the Pendant.
Terrorking ATK/2500-2000
Skull Archfiend ATK/3000-2500
Cerberus ATK/2400-1900
Cultist ATK/1500-1000
"Kendov, Counter Lightning Dragon Strike!"
The Fighter grunted out, shooting a hand out taking the lightning strike into his body, feeling the flow throughout his body and right into his other hand, opening his hand up, Kendov launched the lightning back as it took the form of a dragon roaring out as it "consumed" the Skull Archfiend, frying it before it disintegrated to ashes.
Titan LP:3500-2200
Titan gasped out, seeing one of the stronger Archfiend, the remaining Archfiends glare at Titan.
"You're a fool, Titan!" a voice snarled out, "I've had enough of this mortal game!"
"It was just a minor set—" Titan started, before the Pendant shot from the ceiling, impaling into the center of his chest, causing Draco and the Guards minus Silziigaaf, gasped out and Syrus yelling out.
"Wh-what are you doing?!" Titan gasped out, before the Pendant dug into Titan's chest and then flesh veins of the item began to crawl or stretch over his chest and up his neck, before they circle around his eyes as he yells out before falling to his knees. It was only a few seconds before he rose again, the eyes of the mask glowing the same red as the Pendant did.
"Now the real Shadow Duel can begin." Titan spoke, but this time as multiple voices.
"Alright, who the hell are you?' Draco demanded.
"You'll see me right now, as I use the Ritual Spell, Infernal Ritual."
The spell that was activated showed an image of serval cult members chanting with one impaling their sacrifice with a dagger in a pentagram.
"I now Sacrifice Terrorking and Cultist to Summon myself, Infernal King Archfiend!"
Standing behind "Titan" a shadowy figure formed having large bone structures around its head, spine and arms, the head forming a large skeletal crown as two piercing red eyes appeared and snarled out, however the form was incomplete, only being a dark shadow.
Infernal King Archfiend
DARK Attribute Level 7
Fiend/Ritual/Effect
ATK/2000 : DEF/2000
"A level seven with only 2000 attack points?" Draco questioned.
"My power is my Ability." The possessed Titan spoke, "I cannot be destroyed in battle and I gain power from the damage I have taken! I warned you, the outcome will end the same if you lost or continue to fight!"
"Damn it!" Draco thought, "If I don't draw Flaming Claw Strike this bastard will win!"
However, looking at each of the Guards, he remembered what happened in his mind with the hellfire figure after Silziigaaf impaled it, the figure being absorbed into his blade.
"Wait, Kinbok!"
Looking back at Draco the Captain took his gaze off the fiends, "Does Silziigaaf have a Special Ability other than being Special Summoned?"
"He does." He replied, "Why do you ask?"
"How does it activate?"
"Ko grah." The Gatekeeper responded.
Draco nodded drawing his last card of the duel, he hoped and breathed deeply, "Alright, Silziigaaf! Attack the Infernal King! Spiritual Soul Slice!" he roared out.
Without hesitation the black armored Guard charged forward, the tip and mid-section of his bald glowing the same pale light blue as his eyes, before leaping into the air and downward swing his blade, into the shadow figure of their enemy. The figure and Titan began to scream out in agony before the figure began to disintegrate and get pulled into his sword.
"Titan" LP:2200-1700
"Wh-what is this?!" he roared out.
"It's Silziigaaf's Special Ability!" Draco roared back, "Any monster that battles him is removed from the game after the battle and he gets stronger with each soul that is freed!"
Silziigaaf ATK/2000-2400
"Kinbok, your turn! Shattering Claymore Slash!"
The Captain grin as he leaps at the three-headed dog, landing in front of it, before slicing all three heads clean off.
"Titan" LP:1700-1300
"Kulaas, Vulok, your turn! Together! Razor Water Slice and Raging Inferno Slice!"
Both of them roared out, charging at the possessed human, but instead impaled where the Pendant embedded itself into the chest, causing the cursed item to crack and shatter into pieces.
"Titan" LP:1300-0
An unholy screech filled the chamber as a liquid shadow poured from the pyramid shape hole in Titan's chest, pooling at his feet, before he began to sink into the pool. Titan began to struggle as he regains control of his mind, panicking.
"What the fuck is happening?!" he yelled out.
"The price for making a deal with the Archfiends." Kendov answered, "You didn't hold your end of the deal, so your soul is now the payment."
As Titan sunk half way into the goop, he yelled out, pleading for help, before his arms were pulled into the pool, he continue to plead out before he was silence from his mouth being pulled down and then vanished beneath the surface of the pool, as it also vanish. Draco looked up as the chains holding Alexis up slowly dropped her to the ground, taking off his Blazer and carefully put int on her to cover herself up. However, she still had that soulless stare.
"That Bastard." Draco growled out, "He said her soul would return if I won."
Silziigaaf, stepped forward holding an orb and kneeled next to Draco.
"Wait, is that?"
He just nodded before placing the orb on her chest as it was absorbed into her. Alexis inhaled or gasped deeply before passing out in Draco's arms, as he sighed out in relief.
"Hold on." Syrus spoke up getting everyone to look at him, Draco and the Guards, "The Duel is over how are those still—"
He was cut off by a few quick jabs into the back of his head by the Fighter, catching his unconscious body.
"Kendov!" Draco called out.
"Relax, Young Lord." He replied, "The blows were to knock him out and alter the memories for the duel he saw to be a bad dream."
"I'm not complaining about that." Draco remarked, "I'm complaining because now I have to carry him as well as Alexis, now."
"Kendov." Kinbok said, "Carry the Young Lord's friend to the main hall of this building. Before he leaves, carefully placed the boy on the Young Lord's back."
"I was planning to, Captain."
Draco carefully picked Alexis up and began to walk out of the chamber with Kendov behind him carrying Syrus while the rest vanished back to the Spirit World. When they got to the main hall, Draco lean a little forward, with Alexis in his arms, as Kendov draped Syrus over Draco's back and then vanished to the Spirit World. With a little struggle he walked out of the Abandon Dorm, Mana seeing him, and running to the walkway meeting him halfway.
"What happened in there?" Mana asked.
"Some Dueling Mercenary." Draco replied, "It seemed I was his target, and used Alexis as bait."
"What happen to her blazer?"
"It got torn to shreds. Mana could you take Syrus back to the Dorm? I'm going to take Alexis back to her Dorm."
"But Draco, you can't go on there." Mana replied.
"I used my PDA and gave message to Mindy and Jasmine." He replied, "They will be waiting with Ms. Fortaine, I already told them what happened."
Mana gave a nod to Draco and took Syrus off of his back, letting out a surprised grunt, "How is he this heavy for a little guy?"
Going their separate ways for now, heading to the dorms, Draco felt he wasn't only and looked over seeing Gahlot glaring at him.
"What do you want to rant about this time?" he asked the Assassin.
"You calling on the Gatekeeper for help." She snarled.
"I didn't call for him." Draco replied, "I was being attacked in my own head and he just showed up."
"Well, Her Highness isn't going to be pleased with his interference."
"Tell me, what does my mother have against Silziigaaf?"
Gahlot huffs out and looks away, "Not my place to answer." She said.
Ok, then what about his titles?" Draco asked, "His card said, Dragon Guard of Souls but you all call him Gatekeeper. Which is it?"
"Again, not my place."
Draco sighed out, and looked ahead seeing the Girl Obelisk Dorm coming into view and Gahlot left him. Draco then heard soft moaning, looking at his arms, seeing Alexis lightly stirring as her eyes open, getting Draco to smile seeing the life in her golden eyes.
"Wh-what happened?" she asked, "Where… where am I?"
"Well, you are currently in my arms and I'm carrying you to the Girl Dorm." Draco replied.
She gasped out looked up as he looked at her with a smile, before she looked at herself and realized she was wearing his blazer and no bra, which made her blush and try to close the blazer up.
"What? Where's my—" Alexis gasped, remembering Titan grabbing her, "Where is that bastard?!"
"He wanted to duel me." Draco replied, "And he ended up using you as bait to lure me into the Abandon Dorm. As for your blazer, it was torn beyond repair."
He was starting to turn red in the face as did hers, "L-let's just say when the duel was over, I just wanted to get you out of there."
The gate opened up letting Draco in and their Friends and Ms. Fortaine ran up to them. Helping Alexis to her feet, they all thanked Draco for his heroism. Draco bid them farewell and turned to head back to his dorm, before Alexis called out to him. He turned around, before his eyes widen, as Alexis pressed her lips to his, catching him and the others who saw by complete surprised. After breaking the kiss, being as red as he was, Alexis thanked him for the rescue.
"And I promise to give your blazer back tomorrow." She told him.
"y-yeah, ok." Draco stuttered, still surprised, before they went back their way to the dorms.
"Damn, Syrus will never believe this."
Inside the Abandon Dorm, a steam of light looked around before someone stepped into the dim candle lit underground chamber.
"Mr. Titan!" Crowler called out, "Is the job done?"
He looked around before he heard some metallic clinking on the ground, looking down seeing what was the remains of the Pendant, though he was unaware of it only seeing one Duel Monster card on the ground, Crowler flipped it revealing it to be Terrorking Archfiend.
"WHAT?! Does this mean he LOST?!" He shirked, "Oh, to hell with doing this outside the Academy, the video footage of him entering this dorm will be enough!"
